On 17 Jan 2001, Jason L Tibbitts III wrote: > >>>>> "BR" == Bernhard Rosenkraenzer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > BR> kernel-utils is obsolete, use the new ksymoops package. > > I'm curious: is there some way to cope with packages changing names or > splitting other than doing it by hand? Obviously the updater knows how to > do it, but I don't know how. I'd guess that it checks to see if the files > for a package (in the upgrade) exist on the disk and, if so, it deletes the > old package that contains that file and installs the new package. > > If so, is it possible to do this outside the updater? In case you can't > guess, I'm aiming at live updates. It's annoying to have to stick an > upgrade disk in 200 machines, even if the data comes from the network. I haven't done this myself, but wrapping up some magic that'd fetch all the headers and check for Obsoletes: field might work. -- Pekka Savola "Tell me of difficulties surmounted, Netcore Oy not those you stumble over and fall" Systems. Networks. Security. -- Robert Jordan: A Crown of Swords _______________________________________________ Redhat-devel-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-devel-list
